Symposium : Les défis de l’Airless

HOW CAN WE BALANCE UNIQUE PERFORMANCE, DESIRABILITY, AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE? 

Following the success of the conference organized last January by the Full Beauty Suppliers team and In-Signes—led by Gérald Martines—on the theme “Materials of the Future for Beauty Packaging,” join us on September 10 for an exceptional day focused on airless packaging.

A Growing Market
This growing market is projected to exceed five billion dollars and increase by more than 5% by 2032. The main drivers of this growth include increased demand for premium and luxury skincare products, the expansion of the cosmetics and personal care industry, and heightened consumer awareness of product safety and hygiene.

Airless and PPWR: A Paradox and Challenges!
This presents a real paradox at a time when the European PPWR regulation is tightening the conditions for bringing cosmetic packaging to market, and when this type of packaging is primarily made of plastic and necessarily includes a significant number of components—contrary to the push to minimize single-use plastic packaging. Out of necessity, manufacturers often use multiple materials, going against the trend toward single-material packaging, which complicates—or even prevents—recycling.
Finally, at a time when refillability is a growing trend, it remains difficult to effectively refill an airless container without further increasing the number of components and without risking disruption of the “airless” function.
Faced with these challenges, manufacturers are competing to innovate and address the category’s pain points with simplified designs, single-material (or single-family) systems, metal-free pumps, and refillable configurations…
For their part, formulators have learned to leverage the unique performance characteristics of airless systems to design formulas with optimized performance.

What questions, what answers?
During this unique event, airless manufacturers, formulators, and full-service companies will answer the questions you have:
    • How can we offer systems that comply with recyclability requirements?
    • How can we design systems that avoid being classified as overpackaging or deceptive packaging? (Double walls, empty space…).
    • Which systems minimize the impact of refills while ensuring the formula remains protected by maintaining the “airless” criterion?
    • How can we prevent the refill itself from becoming a self-sufficient functional packaging solution?
    • How can we optimize the balance between desirability and cost of goods?
    • What types of formulations are most likely to make the best use of the specific capabilities of airless systems?
    • In which cases is the use of an airless system essential?
    • Do trends in formulation (clean, organic, reduction in the number of ingredients, etc.) favor the use of airless systems, or do they, on the contrary, move away from them?

Subject to change

08:30
REGISTRATION - WELCOME COFFEE

09:00
Welcom note, program overview
Jean-Yves Bourgeois - JYB CONSEIL

09:10
Cosmopack & Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna: Your Gateway to the Global Beauty Industry
Enrico Zannini & Antonia Benvegnù – COSMOPROF BOLOGNA WORLDWIDE

09:20
Keynote: Airless packaging is a rapidly growing solution, highly favored by brands, particularly in skincare. However, this category presents challenges in light of PPWR regulations. After an overview of the different airless packaging categories, we will examine the main avenues of innovation that manufacturers are implementing.
Gérald Martines - IN•SIGNES 

09:40
PPWR and Airless, the new rules of the game
Caroline Bassoni - COSMED

10:00
Formulating for airless packaging: what features does the formulator look for and utilize when formulating for an airless pack?
Ericka Nunes - MS BEAUTILAB

10:20
Airless Innovation for the Reusability Era: showcasing how airless dispensing solutions like the GAIA platform ensure high-level formula protection and superior user experience, while significantly improving environmental performance through consumer-driven reuse of the dispenser.
Florence Roullet - APTAR

10:40
COFFEE BREAK

11:10
Redefining Premium Glass Airless through Baralan's DEA series: A technical deep-dive showcasing how a single-material glass container eliminates the traditional plastic inner-body. Featuring an advanced piston system for maximum restitution rate and waste optimization, achieving component minimization through Design for Recycling and Design for Disassembly criteria without compromising premium aesthetics and enhancing formula protection.
Caroline Baranes - BARALAN

11:30
Airless (Re)volution: a packaging platform built for the future. Since its first launch in 2015, Berlin Packaging has transformed AirGlass into an evolving platform able to respond quickly to changing market needs. Its modular approach enables brands to imagine new product architectures, explore distinctive positioning and combine performance, refillability and material innovation within one adaptable airless system.
Andrea Ucchino - BERLIN PACKAGING

11:50
CepAirless Original is a 100% plastic airless pump bottle featuring an innovative design that minimizes material and energy use; it is 100% recyclable, compliant with the PPWR directive, and manufactured entirely in France.
Pierre Dambricourt - CEP COSMETIQUE

12:10
ROUND TABLE - FILLERS, FORMULATORS / FULL SERVICE PROVIDERS
Moderator: Gérald Martines - IN•SIGNES 

12:40
LUNCH

13:40
INNOVATION: a new airless packaging concept offering unprecedented flexibility in terms of design, format, and outer casing material, adaptable for everything from food products to ultra-luxury goods.
Jean-Louis Mathiez - CINQPATS

14:00
Airless done with aerosols: new possibilities with bag-on-valves.
Damiano Marsilli & Thierry Bonneville - COSTER

14:20
Presentation of a certified RecyClass Class A airless solution and discussion of the methodology used.
Cécile Pompili - LUMSON

14:40
The Tubairless® technology: airless performance without pump or rigid piston, in mono-material 100% PE, or how to combine the simplicity of a tube with the benefits of airless (formula protection, effortless and full dispensing), while meeting the PPWR’s minimisation and recyclability requirements."
Xavier Sutty - PUMPART

15:00
COFFEE BREAK

15:30
Bridging the gap between PPWR, regional manufacturing and the need for agile customization: leveraging global technology hubs, designing for PPWR and building an airless offering that will provide the differentiation levers every brand needs
Pierre-Antoine Henry - QUADPACK-TEXEN

15:50
Making Airless a future-proof solution: how innovation in pumps, architecture, and component lightweighting meets PPWR requirements.
Isabelle Lallemant, Sylvain Theroude - SILGAN

16:10
S-SENSUAL and X-TREM are airless tube and bottle solutions that extend formula protection up to the dispensing zone while optimizing the number of components, plastic mass, and recyclability. These patented designs are also economical and allow to expand beyond traditional airless markets!
Mathias d'Estais - THE USE FACTORY

16:30
ROUND TABLE - BRANDS
Moderator: Gérald Martines - IN•SIGNES 

17:00
EXCHANGE BETWEEN PARTICIPANTS
Moderator: Gérald Martines - IN•SIGNES  

17:30
Conclusion, take away
Jean-Yves Bourgeois - JYB CONSEIL